A randomized trial to evaluate primary care clinician training to use the Teachable Moment Communication Process for smoking cessation counseling.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To implement and evaluate the impact of a Teachable Moment Communication Process (TMCP) training intervention on clinicians' smoking cessation counseling behaviors in practice.

Method

Using a group randomized trial, 31 community-based, primary care clinicians in Northeast Ohio received either TMCP training or an attention control (2010-2012). TMCP training consisted of two, three-hour sessions involving didactic instruction, skill practice with standardized patients, and coaching. Clinician performance of TMCP elements was assessed by coding audio-recordings of routine visits with smokers at baseline and post-intervention (n=806).

Results

Baseline performance of all TMCP elements was similar in the two groups. After the intervention, TMCP-trained clinicians

SUBMITTER: Flocke SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4312229 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature